7. “Think of the past, of the time long ago;ask your parents to tell you what happened,ask the old people to tell of the past.
8. The Most High assigned nations their lands;he determined where peoples should live.He assigned to each nation a heavenly being,
9. but Jacob's descendants he chose for himself.
10. “He found them wandering through the desert,a desolate, windswept wilderness.He protected them and cared for them,as he would protect himself.
11. Like an eagle teaching its young to fly,catching them safely on its spreading wings,the Lord kept Israel from falling.
12. The Lord alone led his peoplewithout the help of a foreign god.